The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-18
THE Depretis Ministry, Of Italy, resigned


An Official dispatch from Massowah an
nounces that in the recent encounter with
the Abyssinians the Italians had twenty
three officers and 4O7 men killed. and one
officer and eighty-one men wounded.
CHANCELLOR Of the ExcheQuer Goschen
has been elected to the British Parliament
from st. Georges, Hanover Square.
A COMPANY has been formed in Belgium
to construct railway in the Congo State,
Africa, and to settle that territory.
Two bombs were thrown against the po-
lice headquarters at Lyons, France. on the
9Th. A bomb was also thrown against the
police station at st. Etienne, thirty three
miles southwest Of Lyons, the same day,
injuring three officers. No great harm was
done at Lyons.
The committee Of the French Chamber Of
Deputies on the abrogatiOn Of the concOrdat
has affirmed, by o vote of IL to Q, the prin-
ciple of separation of the church and state.
LORD DUNEAvEN has resigned as Under
Colonial Secretary of Great Britain.
THE Catholic Bishop Of Lemburg. Ger
many, has forbidden the clergy Of his
diocese to oppose the Septennate bill.
A NEW Catholic paper is about to appear
in Berlin. 1t will be the organ of that sec
ton of the Center party which supports the
Government.
HERR DIDELON, manager of the Sham
rock mine at Dartmund, and Leopold Col
stein, chief of banking firm at Dantzic,
Germany, have committed suicide. The
latter was insOlvent.
The Vienna press considers the resigna-
ton of Count de Robilant, Italian Foreign
Minister, bad augury for the preserva-
tion of European peace. His retirement,
the papers say. will be especially welcome
to Russia, where Italian defeat at Masso-
wah is recognized as being partly the work
of Russian assistance to the Abyssinians.
THE Buda-Pesther Journal urges Austria
to attack Russia before the latter has COM
pleted her preparations on the lower Dan
ube. 1t says: "War IS inevitable and it is
better to begin fighting before the Balkan
States have been Russianized. Austria
would thus secure an alliance with Servia
and Bulgaria, giving her 100000 additional
trOops.''
IT is reported that the Cunarders Beta
and Alpha have been purchased by the Do
mnion Government for service III protect
ing the fisheries.
THE Queensland expedition which went
to New Guinea to avenge the murder by
natives last October at Johannes of Captain
Craig and two sailors and six Malays of the
ship Emily, has returned entirely success
full. The native chief, responsible for the
murder, was caught and beheaded, and the
village where he and his accomplices
lived was burned.
A NOR of glass workers at st. Helens,
England. the other day attacked with stones
and bottles number Of newly imported
Swedish workmen, injuring several Of
them. The police were powerless.
THE Mohammedans will celebrate the
Queens jubilee in their mosques through
out India, with special prayers for tine sta
bility and welfare of the Empire.
TRADERS from the interior of Africa re-
port that the explorer, DR.. Holub and his
wife, and the entire party accompanying
him. have been massacred by natives.
THE volcano of Mauna Loa in the Sand
witch Islands was in eruption recently. The
eruptions were followed by earthquakes.
FURTHER damage was reported on the
10th from the high waters prevailing in
Michigan. New York and Pennsylvania.
FRENCH anarchists assert that the out
RACES at Lyons and Etienne are the begin
ming of an anarchist campaign.
FIRE in Hull. England, the other day de-
stroyed several warehouses and oil mills,
causing 100000 damages.
PARNELL's amendment to the address in
reply to the Queens speech was rejected
by 352 to 24d.
Brddsfreefs Journal estimates the decrease
in the value of domestic trade at New York
due to strikes is. in round numbers, S25,-
OOO.OO0. The striking employees have sacri-
feed &. 600 of wages, and in two weeks
there was loss of SS,4S0, 900 in the export
trade of New York.
THERE were 237 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreef's during the
week ended February 10, against 242 in the
preceding week and Do, $50, 357 end 1856 in
the corresponding weeks of 1856, 1855, 1854
and 1883. respectively.
THE mine owners of Lanarkshire, Scot
land. have given their men the increase in
wages demanded.
Four hundred houses were burned in
Rangoon, Burmah, recently.
THE Ontario Legislature was opened on
the 10th. The Lieutenant Governor made
statement of measures which the Govern.
ment would propose, among them one in re-
lation to Niagara Park. DIR. Baxter was
chosen Speaker.
BOLIVIA has stationed troops to prevent
communication with the Argentine Repub-
lie on account of cholera. Cattle and mules
have been stopped on the frontier. and will
probably all perish in attempting to re-
turn.
THE LATEST.
Ar Belfast on the 18th gangs Of Orange.
men and Catholics again pelted one another
with stones They were dispersed by the
police. One man was stabbed and some pO-
licemen were bruised
A TELEGRAM from Sewanee, Tenn. an
nounces the death there of Right Rev.
William Mercer Green, for the past forty
years Bishop Of the Episcopal diocese Of
Mississippi.
THE British War Office Committee has
decided to recommend the Lee-Burton
magazine rife for the use Of the army.
The President has appointed Alexander
c. Haskell, Of Columbia, a Government
director of the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany, vice E. P. Alexander, resigned.
REPORTS were current in Vienna on the
18th that the Emperor William was in a
very weak condition.
The water at Lyons, Mich, reached its
height on the 18th, sweeping through the
streets and flooding hotels, stores and
dwellings.
- all Tic SitnOllC CHuTCQeS IN Lne QlO-
cese OF Wilmington, Del, the pastors read
the pronunciamento of Bishop Curtis for
bidding the giving Of balls with the inten-
ton Of raising money for religious pur-
poses.
THE Senate, on the 18th, discussed the
Post-office Appropriation bill. Morgan's free
ship amendment was rejected. The House
passed the bill redeeming the trade dollars.
THE Knights Of Labor have purchased
Els. 600 worth Of property in Philadelphia,
which will be fitted I'D with Offices for the